Feower

/ˈfjuːər/ noun

Definition

An archaic English word meaning four or the number 4; a variant of 'fewer' in very old texts.

Etymology

From Old English feower, from Proto-Germanic *fedwor, related to Sanskrit catur and Latin quattuor. This is an ancestor of the modern English word 'four.'

Kelly Says

Feower is like a time capsule of the English language—if you see it in a medieval manuscript, you're reading the direct ancestor of how we say 'four' today.

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